this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.00. prince philip makes his final solo appearance on royal duty today — after 65 years of official engagements. four men from the west midlands are found guilty of plotting terror attacks. prison governors warn the service is "in crisis" in england and wales due to a "toxic mix" of pressures. the british tourists facing hours of delays at airports across the eu because of stricter border checks. adam peaty, sporting superstar and the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the planet. 25.95! the savage swimmer and breaking his own record twice and what the future may hold. i wasn't expecting to go 25.9. i never thought that they would come.

i need that to come through now. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today. prince philip will attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he's the captain general. now 96, he's the longest—serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he's been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life

ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 1947. and although his robust approach to people and events have sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty. most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for young people which he created and which is named after him. but this afternoon, it will come to an end. the duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement. a parade by the royal marines on the forecourt of buckingham palace. it is not a complete retirement from public life, the duke will still accompany the queen to certain events. but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and more than 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, it does mark a significant lightening of the load for the royal family's oldest member.

though those who know the duke suspect that he will still be in evidence. he won't retire at all until he really can't do it. as they say, this morning, marvellous photographs of him this morning wandering round in preparation. this afternoon, the royal marines, this is a chap who is still taking the salute in a field marshal's uniform which, quite frankly, he looks as though he has earned it. and he is not standing on steps to do it. no, he will be around for a bit. after 70 years of royal duty together, the queen will certainly miss having her husband at her side for most of her public appearances. from now on, younger members of the royal family will take the place of the duke as the self—declared leading plaque unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. 0ur rope respondent is outside

buckingham palace. iwill 0ur rope respondent is outside buckingham palace. i will not ask you about the weather, but what do we have in store this afternoon? come rain or come shine, the last 70 odd years, prince philip has undertaken these relegation. this afternoon is the last public engagement and it is with the royal marines. he has been the captain general of the royal marines since 1953. they have been for the last few months undergoing various challenges, raising money for the royal marines charity and this is celebrating that, raising awareness of that. later this afternoon, in about one hour, as we heard, he will be taking the salute. there will be a march past. he will be meeting and chatting to veterans, something he has done so many times over the last six decades and then there will be three cheers for the duke, which no doubt will be louder than usual but all in an hour. then what happens?

he goes tojoin all in an hour. then what happens? he goes to join the queen? this afternoon or in general? let's get the afternoon out of the way. afternoon or in general? let's get the afternoon out of the wayli think you will get out of the rain and joined the queen heading back to balmoral. it is balmoral time. he has come down from balmoral for theirs and then will head back up. it is important to stress that this is not the last time the public are going to see him out and about. this is him getting rid of his royal duties, his commitments from the royal diary which are quite considerable. he can pick and choose a bit more. we certainly expect to see him out and about accompanying the queen when he wants to. the rest of the time, probably basing himself at windsor. he is still carriage riding and is very involved in the windsor estate. i'm sure there is plenty for him to do in his retirement. this is all happening at 3pm. iam retirement. this is all happening at 3pm. i am told it brighten up! well,

i have to say, you will have been on a few royal engagement and normally when the queen arrives it is amazing how often the sun suddenly burst out of the clouds. let's hope that for the duke's final engagement, the same happens for him. i have to say, it is not looking good. sarah, with an umbrella, thank you very much. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the old bailey. 0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. the raid at hero couriers in birmingham last august. an area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb disposal unit called in. it was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. they were already well known to the authorities.

naweed ali and khobaib hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror training camp in pakistan in 2011. in prison, they met mohibur rahman, who had been jailed for possessing terrorist material. they called themselves the three musketeers. rahman‘s friend, tahir aziz, a former member of the banned extremist group al—muhajiroun, later joined the group. the more they watched them, the more the police became suspicious. these men, along with aziz, were very aware of surveillance and carried out countersurveillance strategies. they used unregistered phones, they used encrypted social media apps to exchange extremist and violent material. they often met in public open spaces such as parks so they could not be listened in to. we needed to be one step ahead of them and put together an operation that was bold and ambitious, but that would ensure we kept communities safe and provided enough evidence to put before the court.

the courier company just up there was a front. the boss was an undercover police officer. khobaib hussain and naweed ali were givenjobs there, and when ali went out on a delivery, they searched his car and found a cache of weapons. there was a partially constructed pipe bomb, a meat cleaver with the word "kafir", or "unbeliever", scratched onto the blade. and a replica handgun. this plot was foiled, but the release of more terrorists from prison could lead to future problems. the fact that people are being released and you know that they're terrorists, they have been convicted of terrorist offences, they are being released back into society and there's no reason to think that they have been de—radicalised. i think society across the world needs to ask themselves the question. are you happy with that? ali and hussain come from spark hill in birmingham, where a local charity works with the home office on counter radicalisation. so can someone's view become more extreme after they've been to prison? if they've bumped into somebody inside who is actually grooming them and radicalising them then,

yes, of course. but if they are provided with the right support and then they basically don't come out worse. is there any hope for somebody who's got that absolute commitment to an extremist point of view? yes, absolutely. we believe there's always hope. we believe with the right support and the right programmes, there's always hope. the four men will be sentenced later — rhree of them for a second time. three of them for a second time. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. let's talk to our correspondent tom burridge at the old bailey. it is that question about, what do you do about anyone who has already been convicted in connection with terrorism. that is one of the clear issues that comes out of this case. these men were known to mi5, known to the police. they were onto them for months before it were arrested. m15 for months before it were arrested. mi5 are carrying out surveillance on these four men. but these men were quite wise, savvy to the fact they

we re quite wise, savvy to the fact they were being watched. for example, they would meet up and leave their mobile phones distance away from themselves while they would talk or would meter been very open spaces and walk and talk or they would all simultaneously turn off their mobile phones. that is what really led the police to set up this sting operation, this elaborate scheme, with this fake career service in birmingham, with fake vans, a fake company logo and that led mi5 to plan to blog the car. it is only when mi5 officers went inside the car that they found this bag of evidence full of weapons, a home—made pipe bomb, an imitation firearm and that meat cleaver with the word meaning unbeliever in arabic. it was a conjugated plot, they were very dangerous men. exactly the way the police have described them. if you go back to their text messages, which were made

public in court, some of the stuff, the images and the speeches that they had on some of their laptops, they had on some of their laptops, they adhered to a violent form of jihad. they shared a lot of messages about terrorism attacks that have taken place in the past, for example the terrible lorry attack in nice. . after that, one of the men convicted basically said that now there should be some kind of war on europe. these we re be some kind of war on europe. these were commonplace messages and ideas that these men were talking about, but it took the police a lot of time to sort of the other lot of evidence. this was not a straightforward case. it was a very, very long trial. 0ne witness was actually grilled footy—macro weeks, an undercover police officer who was only called vincent in court. he was grilled the two weeks because the defence tried to claim that all the evidence had been planted. thejury did not believe not, they believed these were dangerous men, that these men were plotting an attack. we don't know the specifics of what they planned, where it was and what

they planned, where it was and what they planned, where it was and what they plan to attack, but the prosecution said that the probable target of the attack was either the police or the military and all four men will be sentenced tomorrow. and you very much. the president of the prison governors association, has attacked the government's management ofjails in england and wales. andrea albutt says she's "devastated" at the "complete decline" in the service, that she says over—stretched staff are able to provide. she made the comments in an open letter, after recent violence at prisons in hertfordshire and wiltshire. the ministry ofjustice says it's recruiting more prison officers. our home affair correspondent danny shaw reports troubling times for jails in england and wales. this was the scene outside the mount prison in hertfordshire this week as a team of prison officers prepared to deal with a disturbance. they are known as tornado units, specially trained and equipped to restore order when prisoners take control. the problems add up to a crisis, caused by a toxic mix of population pressures and staff shortages.

that is the view of the leader of the organisation which represents prison governors. the situation is bad. and until we get sufficient staff in our prison, the situation we are in will continue. so we will continue to try to control the situation in our prisons, but we will not be delivering in a significant number of our prisons, good—quality rehabilitative regimes. we will literally be holding and controlling people in our care and this is unacceptable. in an open letter that's sharply critical of the government and the handling of prisons, andera albutt said her members had seen nothing tangible from ministers to ease the burden on staff. separation was perverse and not cost—effective. she claimed there was a gaping hole in operational knowledge in the ministry of

justice, that she said was being filled by moving governors from their posts in prisons. but some question why prison governors are only speaking out now. we would like to think they are analysed, but where have they been for five years? we have all been affected. it is not their members getting used as punch bags, it is ours. the ministry of justice is recruiting an extra 2500 staff and has set up a new agency, the prison and probation service. in statement, they said, this will help to create a professional front line service and will ensure that policy and operations are working closely together to deliver these much—needed reforms. new prisons are being built, but the overall prison population is increasing at such a rate, there is little spare capacity. some breaking news from county down in northern ireland. coast guard, ambulance and helicopter has been

called to the scene of an emergency underway in the morning mountains. this is because a0 army cadets aged between 12 and 17 have been camping and there is a report they have got into difficulties. the ministry of defence say medical staff are treating several children at the scene. treating several children at the scene. they say weather conditions have been very poor. we are hearing from the local mla who says local emergency in the mountains with emergency in the mountains with emergency services responding. please god, he says, all will be ok. please god, he says, all will be ok. please avoid the two have advised motorists to avoid the area. drivers should seek alternative routes. the knock—on effect is something concerning police but the immediate issueis concerning police but the immediate issue is what has happened to these a0 army cadets aged between 12 and 17. several are being treated at the scene 17. several are being treated at the scene by coast guard, ambulance and helicopter dealing with what is described as a major incident. we will keep you updated with any news on that.

the headlines on bbc news: prince philip makes his final solo appearance on royal duty today — after 65 years of official engagements. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack against police and military targets. prison governors are warning many jails in england and wales are "in crisis," saying recent unrest in some establishments is clearly linked to a poor regime. and in sport, name or has told barcelona he wants to leave. now it is over to paris st germain to pay in full is over to paris st germain to pay infulla is over to paris st germain to pay in full a world—record £198 million fee to release him. there is another injury scare for daniel sturridge, the liverpool striker scored but went off injured ina striker scored but went off injured in a pre—season friendly against bayern munich in germany. jurgen klopp says he hopes it is not serious. siobhan chamberlain says she is hoping to take advantage of her opportunity to play in england's euro 2017 semifinal against the

netherlands. she replaces karen ba rdsley after netherlands. she replaces karen bardsley after she broke her leg. i will be back just bardsley after she broke her leg. i will be backjust after 2:30pm. the number of deaths due to drugs in england and wales last year, reached their highest level on record. the office for national statistics says there were 3,7aa poisoning deaths, involving both legal and illegal substances, in 2016. the figures also show that more people in their a0s died, than those in their 30s. our home affairs correspondent nick beake is here. they are quite stark figures. they are. they give us an insight into how may people died from taking drugs. what exactly they have taken, how old they were, what part of the country they were living. if we look at some of those biggest details, we will see there are 37aa deaths linked to poisoning registered in 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise of just 2%

2016. there is the figure. that is a rise ofjust 2% but 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise of just 2% but significantly 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise ofjust 2% but significantly it is the highest figure on record and the ons is the highest figure on record and the 0ns have collected data in this way for about 25 years. two thirds of all these deaths were said to be related to the misuse of drugs, so thatis related to the misuse of drugs, so that is significant. most people have taken things like morphine and heroin. last year, we saw that there we re heroin. last year, we saw that there were 371 deaths related to cocaine. that is a rise of 16%. the 0ns thinks this may be because a pure reform of that particular drug has come onto the market. another theme we saw was that people in their a0s rather than in their 30s dying from drug—taking and this is something we haven't seen, certainly not in the last year or so. some experts call this the so—called trainspotting effect. it is a reference to the film some 20 years ago. they mean that people who may have been taking ha rd that people who may have been taking hard drugs for the first time in an —— in the 1990s have bought with addiction and allowing their boards are buying from the abuse. what

reaction has there good rarities today say they are alarming and they show the government's approach to the problem of drugs is not working. for example, they say there could be more information shared, particularly with young people. they should be more testing of drugs that are found at nightclubs, and at festivals. so people can see just how potent some of these are. other charities say it shows drugs needed to be decriminalised and that some people are not coming forward for help because they realise they might get in trouble with the authorities. the government, interestingly, just two weeks ago outlined its vision for trying to deal with people who are taking drugs and it said it would put more money into giving what it called a tailored approach to addicts, but also investing more in education so that young people in particular can see the damage done and clearly the number of deaths from people taking drugs. thank you. the white house has confirmed that president trump, helped draft what turned out to be a misleading statement, about a meeting his eldest son had last year, with a russian lawyer.

donald trump junior, initially denied his talks with natalia veselnitskaya were about the presidential election, but his account later changed. the white house says the president "weighed in, as any father would," but denied there were inaccuracies in the initial account. richard lister reports. president trump still making headlines for all the wrong reasons. among them, the curious tale of his son and the russian lawyer. it has emerged that natalia veselnitskaya, who has ties with the kremlin, met him injune last year with the promise of incriminating information about hillary clinton. congratulations, dad! donald trumpjunior played a key part in his father's election campaign and his e—mails show he loved the idea of getting dirt on hillary, but when asked by the new york times if he had hit had any meetings in russia, he said... injuly, he put out a statement saying he had met natalia veselnitskaya, but he had only discussed

a programme about the adoption of russian children. after being challenged on that he finally confirmed the meeting was to talk about individuals connected to russia supporting mrs clinton. so did the president help with the initial misleading statements about that meeting? the washington post alleged he dictated it for donald jr on air force one on his way back from the g20 in hambrook last month. his lawyers said he was not involved in drafting a statement, another white house says that actually, he was. the statement that donjr issued is true, there is no inaccuracy in the statement. the president weighed in, as any father would based on the limited information he had. this is all discussion frankly of no consequence. but this man will decide that — robert muller is investigating claims of russian meddling in the election and whether the trump team

tried to cover it up. the latest revelations do not look good. we are undermining the rule of law and transparency and openness and democracy and i think other countries are saying, this is really destructive. 0ur stock market has reached an all—time high today. russia is an unwelcome distraction for the president. he says the investigation is a witchhunt, but it is not going away. the government's been urged to do more to persuade european union countries to increase staffing levels at airports, after british tourists faced long waits at border controls. some holiday makers say they were forced to queue for hours, because of additional security checks, on travellers from outside the schengen free movement area. airlines uk, which represents british—based carriers, says ministers should use whatever influence they can to improve the situation. dan johnson reports. queues at passport control, nothing new. but some delays have been as long as four hours at airports like barcelona.

passengers have even missed flights because of the wait. kate was in a group of 22 who were stuck in spain on monday. even though they were at the airport three hours early. by the time we got to the gate they told us the gate was closed. the plane was still there, the bridge was still attached to the plane, but they refused to let 22 of us on this plane and yet it took them half an hour to unload our luggage off the plane. which is an absolute disgrace. this is all because of tighter security checks across the european countries that share passport and border control under the schengen agreement. more passengers are being checked against more databases to stop terrorists and criminals — that is all taking much longer. the reason for these delays is that some national governments had not foreseen the proper staffing resources and technology solutions at airports to make sure these checks can be done in a smoother way. these new rules have been enforced since april.

but they have really made an impact now that airports are busy with holiday—makers. august is always the busiest time of year for travel, so inevitably you see long queues at this time of year. if you add to that the fact that they're bringing in these new security requirements, it's understandable those queues are longer than normal. so the most important thing to bear in mind is that when you leave for your destination abroad, leave some extra time to get through passport control, otherwise you run the risk of your losing your flight. there is always a trade—off, between the level of security and speed through the airport. many are calling for more staff — these new checks have not even been fully rolled out yet so the queues could get longer before they get shorter. dan johnson, bbc news. let's bring you more information on northern ireland. the uk coast guard which was assisting with a

large—scale incident involving up to 70 people in the morning mountains. we are hearing that as far as the rescue operation is concerned all of those have been accounted for. additional reports suggest all members of the group were accounted for, but boy—macro people may be suffering from exposure. this involves a0 army cadets aged between 12 and 17. they have been camping and got into difficulties in clearly what is very bad weather in the area. three coast guard helicopters area. three coast guard helicopters are involved. 0ther area. three coast guard helicopters are involved. other emergency services are also involved. the mourne mountain rescue team. the northern ireland ambulance service and the three helicopters are currently in da nang and the three helicopters are currently in danang park because of the poor weather. they are having trouble getting to the scene of the incident. it is described as ongoing. no further information at this stage. medical staff are treating several people suffering

from exposure. we are hearing that figure could be four, but it is an emerging picture. we'll keep you updated as soon as we get more information on that. he's a sporting superstar, and the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the planet. adam peaty from uttoxeter in staffordshire admits he thrives on pressure, and last week broke his own 50m breaststroke record twice at the world championships in budapest. he'sjust 22, so the big question is, how much faster could he go? here's andy swiss two world titles, two world records. 0ne remarkable swimmer. in a sport of the finest margins adam peaty proved he is in a class of his own. 25.95! just a few days after breaking the world record twice in a day, he told me that initial shock still has not left him. did you surprised yourself that you managed to achieve that? a little bit, i was not expecting

to go that speed, i never thought that day would come. i believed it would come but when it actually happens it is a different story. the same with the olympic gold medal, you never really think it is going to happen to you. so the world record, i cannot believe it has happened. but the family has a second star, last year his grandmother had to watch his 0lympic success back home. but this year she flew out to budapest to cheer on her grandson. it is amazing that she was out there, she had not flown in 20 years and she had been packing her bags for weeks before. it means so much to me to walk out when you're a bit nervous and excited and have all these emotions, then you see your grandmother and mother in the crowd. it is an amazing thing. obviously you want to make them proud and give them as much as they've given you. and the training that has got due

to where you are now, many people have seen of you doing those insane push—ups. how important is that regime? i love it, people say it is hard, probably the worst thing you could imagine every single day, six hours. as much heart exercise as you can do. but for me that is my comfort zone. and the best still yet to come? i have not even started to reach my peak yet. i need that man strength to come through, and still on boy strength. his only rival now would seem to be the clock, the man taking british swimming into uncharted territory. as charity records go, this one's a classic. three women in their 70s and 80s, from melbourne, australia, have been channelling their inner beyonce. they've recorded a version of the hit, single ladies, as part of a campaign to save their local bowling club from demolition. in just three days, the track

all the bowling ladies, has had a million views online. 0ur sydney correspondent hywel griffith has more. # all the bowling ladies... with a combined age of 236, terri, janine and wyn may have thought their chances of pop stardom had passed. butjust four days after posting this video online, the bowling ladies of chadstone have caught the attention of the world. their impassioned plea to save their bowls club from being replaced by an indoor sports stadium has clearly struck a chord. even if they were not too familiar with the original version. two of us have heard of beyonce but two of us had not. no idea about that song. it is a wonderful environment, especially for the older people.

we do not want to lose it because then where would we go. we'd have to travel and most of the ladies are older than i am, i'm 72, it is their second home. everybody cares. the local council says that the club is just one potential side is just one potential site being considered for a new stadium which would help meet demand for several sports. but the chadstone bowlers feel they are the victims of ageism as their sport may not be considered sexy enough. although the demanding choreography left one member saying she may need a hip replacement, the bowling ladies have clearly got their voices heard. and it would now take a brave politician to try to test them out. let's hope they manage to keep that

bowling green open is only to prevent another record! we can get the weather update now. that afternoon, this unsettled weather continues with a lot of cloud as you can see. quite a bit of rain as well, particularly on the south coast. some working north into central scotland but northern scotla nd central scotland but northern scotland has sunshine into the afternoon. it will dry up in northern ireland but a few showers and wet and windy on the south coast. the rain moves eastwards with those brisk winds overnight and we will see some showers coming to the west of the uk with a brisk breeze overnight. not cold, 12—15d but another unsettled day tomorrow with another unsettled day tomorrow with a lot of showers, slow—moving in scotland, some thunder and lightning. they will move quickly through northern england with the breeze, not much in the south—east but cloudy and breezy. 21 or 22 the

top temperature also lighter winds in the south—east on friday, nominee showers here but there will be some in the north and west. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... prince philip will today retire from royal duties after making his final solo public engagement meeting with royal marines. an emergency operation is underway after up to 70 army cadets got into difficulties on the morn amount of in northern ireland. medical staff are treating several children at the scene. prison governors have warned that the prison service in england and wales is in crisis, writing an open letter criticising the government's management of the system. four members of a west midlands terrorist cell have been found guilty of plotting a lee rigby—style terror attack aimed at police and military targets. new security measures at eu airports have left holidaymakers facing long queues and delays with the european commission saying that the delays are "the price of security".

let's get more on what is going on in northern ireland and that rescue operation underway with the coastguard, ambulance and helicopter crews called to a large scale incident to help up to 70 people in the mourne mountains in northern ireland where army cadets aged between 12 and 17 had been camping but they got into difficulty. they are thought to be treated for exposure because weather conditions have been very poor. along that matter on the ninth mall is conor mckerr mcgrath who represents the area. what is the latest? people have been rescued and brought out of the mountain as we speak. conditions have been atrocious and we understand there have been a large

group of young people involved in the incident in the mountains. what happened? the incident in the mountains. what happened ? was there the incident in the mountains. what happened? was there any sign of trouble to begin with?” happened? was there any sign of trouble to begin with? i don't know because i was not with the group but when the weather deteriorated locally, it has been terrible today with torrential rain and very low cloud, we are down on street level but it must be treacherous up in the mountains. very difficult conditions and understandable there would be problems. we are hearing that all have been accounted for, is that what you are hearing as well? yes, we are not hearing that it is a serious situation beyond a couple of minor injuries but given the scale and the numbers, to get that number of people off the mountain in such conditions would be very difficult. this is a regular thing for cadets, camping overnight in the mountains?

it certainly would be, it is very popular in the mourne mountains, is one of the biggest mountain ranges in ireland and a lot of groups would use it but you would need to keep a close check on the weather and that can change at any time. it can get treacherous and it is difficult. colin mcgrath with the latest from the area. now it is time for the sport and we canjoin the area. now it is time for the sport and we can join catherine and there is one public saying, because i'm worth it! —— one footballer. after weeks of speculation looks like neymar will leave barcelona to join paris saint—germain for a world record fee. this morning he informed his club he wanted to leave the nou camp and earlier our football report that said it had been a fast moving day. the will he won't heat which

has been going on for the last few weeks appears to be over and neymar turned up to the barcelona training camp today, he was there for half an hour. spanish media are reporting he said goodbye to his team—mates and told them he wanted to leave the club. ernesto valverde who is the new coach of barcelona, he has had to come into this soap opera. he gave him permission to not take part in the scheduled training session and told him to go away and sort out his future. now we are waiting but it looks like psg will get their man. he is the man they want to bring in to help them win the champions league, that is their dream. the qatari owners are always wa nted dream. the qatari owners are always wanted that trophy and since they bought the club they have not go past the quarterfinals. the deal would be worth £198 million, that is 222 million euros, a huge amount of money and the latest we hear is that

barcelona want that paid in full by psg so there are a couple of stumbling blocks here. financial fair plates will be a talking point as well over the next few days, if this deal will break the rules. we understand that paris st germain are confident it will not and they can get around the financial fair play rules but it is good timing for them with the french league season starting this weekend and psg at the home game and that could be the time to introduce the fans. that is the latest on that massive transfer. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says he hopes daniel sturridge's thigh injury is not serious after the striker went off injured last night. he scored his team's last goal in a 3-0 he scored his team's last goal in a 3—0 win against bayern munich in germany but immediately pulled up and was substituted. injuries have limited him tojust and was substituted. injuries have limited him to just a6 league appearances in the past three seasons. former england captain alistair cooke believes the experience of a test match

dean will be key as they go in pursuit of becoming the world's number one side again. friday see them play the fourth and final test match against south africa who are currently ranked the second best tea m currently ranked the second best team in the world and england need to only avoid defeat to win the series which they are currently leading 2—1. series which they are currently leading 2-1. a lot of this team have quite a bit of experience. we are getting to up to 30 test matches and you can then understand the rickroll of test match cricket and your game much better site we should be getting more consistent and that is the challenge for the team, the consistency which has not been there for the last 12 months. and finally england's women played a euro 2070 semifinal tomorrow and they will be without first choice goalkeeper karen bardsley who broke her leg in the semifinal. —— in the quarter final. siobhan chamberlain will come in and she said she is looking forward to making the most of the opportunity. we are all disappointed

for karen, she has not conceded a goal and has had a great tournament but this is why we have the strong squad because you never know who will be called upon. we work really ha rd every will be called upon. we work really hard every day as a body that when she is playing and she supports us and she has been great since she has been injured as well. that is all the sport for now. new research suggests more than a million women in their early sixties are financially worse off, because of the rise in the state pension age. the institute for fiscal studies, says while the government is saving £5 billion a year, many women are losing on average, more than £30 a week. here's simon gompertz. waiting for your pension and struggling to get by. no trips to the pictures of the pub, my lifestyle has changed. i can't do the things i used to do. shirley from aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill—health and she won't qualify

for the pension until she's 66. the effect it has had on me... ending it all. because... having to... rely on your family. ending it all. because... having to... rely on yourfamily. but ending it all. because... having to... rely on your family. but my son said to me, he said, mum, you brought me up, you always gave me when you had it, it's my turn, but it's still hard. pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. by the end of the decade they'll be 66 for both — the reform coming in stages. the result is more than a million women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes £32 less than they would have been, the hit would be bigger, but for the fact many are working. 18% are living in poverty, that's on under £237 a week for a couple. perhaps the group who are worst off

in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but are unable to do so. perhaps they can't find work or their health prevents them from being able to do so. we'll have been campaigning for compensation with the complaint they have not been given in affording survey could not plan to work on or save more. paying pensions later is booting the government finances by £5 billion a year and ministers say thatis £5 billion a year and ministers say that is fair because life expectancy is going up and that is increasing the underlying bill for pensions and they argue that with bigger life spans women will still get more pension than previous generations, even though they pick the money up later. but that is not helping surely through the years until her 66th birthday during which she is having to depend on friends and family to keep afloat. road safety campaigners say proposals to remove speed bumps in england to help cut pollution, are "dangerous, daft and irresponsible." the government has suggested it's willing to pay for council's to rip

them up, because when drivers brake and then accelerate to get over them, they increase exhaust emissions. here's roger harrabin. children are vulnerable to polluted air. it can harm the development of their lungs and aggravate existing conditions like asthma and hay fever. but the government's plan to combat pollution includes offering to pay councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect those same children. here is why. cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process. some motoring groups can't wait for the humps to go. speed bumps or, as we call them, inverted potholes, we've been against from the word go. for the last 15 years we've been arguing against them, including the fact that the pollution and indeed excessive fuel usage that they course. but the humps won't be removed without a fight. in many areas local people

campaigned for them to protect children from speeding cars. rachel maycock is a safety campaigner based in cardiff, where she walks her two—year—old to nursery. her organisation, living streets, is writing to ministers, criticising their decision to offer to pay for the removal of speed bumps. it's a really weak plan based on really weak evidence. getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality. it's going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban areas like this and the money could be spent better elsewhere. i think it's probably in there because the government feels it needs to be seen to be nice to the motorists and not to demonise diesel car drivers and so forth. but we are concerned it is sending out the wrong message to local authorities. the challenge over humps created confusion in whitehall, with different departments saying they weren't responsible for the idea. a government spokesman said later that it would ensure that any changes on roads didn't reduce

safety for children. roger harrabin, bbc news. in on that incident in the mourne mountains, the emergency operation underway after a0 army cadets aged between 12 and 17 got into difficulties. they have camping overnight in what were increasingly atrocious weather conditions and we are hearing from the northern ireland ambulance service who say that 16 of the group are suffering from hypothermia, some suffering from minor injuries. there were called this morning after reports a group of cadets required medical attention. there is an emergency centre at the local community will to treat the walking wounded but the significant thing is 16, the number suffering from hypothermia. we will keep you updated with anything more. a moment

a summary of the business news but first the headlines. prince philip makes his final solo appearance on royal duty after 65 years of official engagements. mountain rescue, ambulance and helicopter crews a re rescue, ambulance and helicopter crews are mustering up to 70 teenage army cadets who got into difficulties in bad weather in the mourne mountains in northern ireland. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack against police and military targets. good afternoon, this is the business news. asda says sales fell 5.7% last year — faced with tough competition in the grocery market. pre—tax profits were down nearly 19% to £792 million. the supermarket said its performance was "behind expectations" but saw an improvement in the final quarter of last year. more than a million women in their early 60s have become poorer after delays to their state pensions. the institute for fiscal studies says, on average, women aged

between 60 and 62 were now £32 a week worse off. it says poverty rates among that group have risen sharply. growing demand for ipads and new services like apple pay and apple music helped the tech giant apple report more than £6.6 billion in profit for the last three months. it was enough to send apple's shares soaring to a new record high. the firm also forecast strong sales for the new iphone expected next month. there is a report in the new york times saying the white house is preparing to open a broad investigation into china's trade practices, specifically to do with it attempt to become a global leader in microchip design and manufacture. michelle fleury is at the new york stock exchange. what are they planning to do? we are

seeing an escalation of tensions here with the trump administration reportedly wanting to open an enquiry specifically we have been hearing complaint in the past from us companies talking about the fact they are being asked to charge lower licence fees for their patents and the technology being used by chinese companies and also being asked to sign agreements if they want to do with this in china to do deals with chinese companies. the us administration is now going to look into this, we don't know what they will find or how this will end but of course the concern is that this could lead to tariffs and if it does then china could retaliate. typically in the past china has liked to rely on the world trade 0rganisation so they go through that if there is an issue but it is worth pointing out that these two economies do a huge amount of bit is between each other and there is a lot at stake and this comes at a time when the us would like to work with china when it comes to trying to deal with or contain north korea

but that said, i'm here in the new york stock exchange and investors are not paying too much attention to what is going on with the trade relationship with china, they are focused much more on company earnings and we are seeing another record here on the dowjones, hitting above 22,00a the first time meaning that it might be time to get of my 20,000 at and start wearing this one! thank you. a quick look at the markets. the ftse is down, the dowjones is up at a new all—time high. william hill and apple are both up. back with more in an hour. the duke of edinburgh will be meeting royal marines reserve been doing a mammoth trek. we will also

be going to buckingham palace for his final royal engagement but first let's get the weather. the latest satellite sequence shows an awful lot of cloud across the uk which has been bringing some rain with it, not great for early august but in northern scotland there is some decent weather to be had with sunshine in shetland earlier which will linger into the afternoon but further south, this was dorset, not so further south, this was dorset, not so pretty. you can see the rain coming into the south of england and there is some drifting across northern england and northern ireland and that will continue northwards into central scotland by the middle of the afternoon. northern alan scotland continues to have good weather. because the bulk ofa and have good weather. because the bulk of a and whilst there is a lot of cloud in the afternoon with a few brea ks cloud in the afternoon with a few breaks and where you get them there could be some reasonable temperatures in the upper teens but underneath the rain you are stuck in

the mid teens. not great on the south coast, wet and windy. not too much rain in east anglia this afternoon. this evening it will turn wet it there as the rain moves eastwards and the brisk wind with it and that rain will move to the north of scotla nd and that rain will move to the north of scotland and the northern isles. 0n of scotland and the northern isles. on thursday, showers coming in from the west, not particularly cold through the night, 12 degrees in stornoway, 15 or 16 in manchester, cardiff, london and plymouth. 0n thursday the weather is dominated by this low pressure. brisk wind in the south but lighter in scotland so showers will be slow moving in scotla nd showers will be slow moving in scotland with thunder and lightning and hail will stop the showers will move swiftly across much of england and wales, not many in the south—east, radzi dry and 22 degrees but out of the wind it will feel cooler —— largely dry. heading to the end of the week, the low

pressure that is dominating drifts away slowly and the pressure tries to rise from the west as things try to rise from the west as things try to settle down. still some showers in the north and west but drier in the south—east with temperatures around 23 degrees with lighter winds than thursday. at the weekend, a mixed bag, some outbreaks of rain mainly in the north and west of the uk and largely dry in the south and south—east. we went we went to the weather early because in the next ten minutes the duke of edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement before he retires from royal duty. he will attend a parade by the royal marines. this is what is happening in the courtyard buckingham palace and that is the band of the royal marines will stop that are celebrating their collea g u es that are celebrating their colleagues who have completed a mammoth 1606 the four mile trek, a

series of strength and endurance feats raising awareness for the royal marines charity. it was announced in may that prince philip would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. this is our wout oil is nicholas mitchell. —— royal correspondent. he has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 19a7 and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for young people which he created and which is named after him. but this afternoon it will come to an end. the duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the royal marines on the

forecourt of buckingham palace. it's not a complete retirement from public life. the duke will still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and more than 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, it does mark a significant moment both for the duke and for the queen. those who know the duke suspect he will still be in evidence. he will not retire at all until he really cannot do it. this morning, a marvellous photograph is one of him wandering around in preparation and this afternoon the royal marines. he is still taking the salute in a field marshal's uniform and he looks as if he has earned it and he is not standing on stage, he will be around for a bit. after 70 years of royal

duty together, the queen will certainly miss having her husband at her side. from now on younger members of the royal family will ta ke members of the royal family will take his place. as the self—declared leading plaque unveiling in the world finally takes things a little easier! we can go straight to buckingham palace where the duke has just appeared. god save the queen plays. at the age of 96, the duke of

edinburgh undergoing his final official engagement. we can join sarah campbell who is outside buckingham palace. she can take up coverage of the event. indeed, the duke of edinburgh's last public engagement, in the forecourt of buckingham palace. this is the captain general‘s parade committee is the captain general of the royal marines and has been for 6a years. with me is the royal editor of the evening standard, robertjohnston. not dressed in uniform but in a bowler hat! appropriate in a raincoat and bowler hat because he will be taking the salute from the

royal marines that i think he is the only one properly attired because it is chucking it down! he is talking to two royal marines, this is all pa rt to two royal marines, this is all part of the 166a global challenge but the group which raises funds and awareness for the royal marines charity and for the last few months they have been running 16.6a miles every day for 100 days and i think the people he is talking to are those who have completed the challenge. 166a is an important date, the date in which the woman in court was founded. the one thing about the royal marine core unlike any other military regiment is they have the longest training period than anybody else, than anywhere in the world, and it is the most rigorous and difficult training. i know a couple of royal marines and theirtraining is know a couple of royal marines and their training is remarkable. they are the fittest men, as you can see,

you would not want to come up against them! and appropriate that this is the duke's final public engagement because of his long connection not just engagement because of his long connection notjust with the royal marines but the royal navy. of course he is a royal navy man, he served in the second world war and was mentioned in dispatches and he became captain general, this strange rank really come of the royal marines in 1953 as you said. he takes it extremely seriously. there is talk now that he is standing down, although we are not sure how far it will go, that prince harry will be getting the rank of captain general and he will be assuming this role. i think i would be appropriate given his service in afghanistan. interesting, the coming of other members of the royal family who will

be taking on the role is not only independently like that but also supporting the queen so when she is out and about in future rather than seeing her next to the duke it will be other members. it will be strange for it to happen because we are so used to him being with the queen on official engagements. he will pick and choose engagements. he will be seen and choose engagements. he will be seen again. but team wins will be supporting her majesty whenever there is an engagement and it is appropriate. —— team windsor. the queen does not travel longer distances any more, that has been taken distances any more, that has been ta ken by distances any more, that has been taken by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall and with the duke stepping down, stepping aside a little bit, of course prince william has given up his role as an air ambulance pilot so he will be taking on more and more engagements. it is

a slow but seamless transition. very much a military man, i have to say, you can't really see it from the television screens but it is absolutely bucketing down and it is not that warm. this is what he has done every yearfor the not that warm. this is what he has done every year for the last 70 odd yea rs done every year for the last 70 odd years on the heart of the royal family. and he does so much more. i remember being with him when we went toa remember being with him when we went to a charitable home for homeless military personnel. he was so funny, it was in east london and he walked in and said to one of them who was homeless and have found shelter, how long are they going to allow you to stay in here before they throw you out?! but he is very serious standing there with the guys. having one of his last photos with the royal marines. possibly but i am sure he will carry out a number of private visits, even though this will be his final solo appearance. he will continue to do private

engagements. just walking across, i believe, to the veterans who are on the other side of buckingham palace and again, a reminder of the duke's himself, his service. it is quite strange seeing him not in uniform, isn't it?